The sun sets on the British Empire.
Country | Date | Year of Independence | Notes |
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08-19 !19 August | 1919 | |
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11-01 !1 November | 1981 | |
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01-26 !26 January | 1788 | |
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07-10 !10 July | 1973 | |
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12-16 !16 December | 1971 | 15th August, 1971 |
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11-30 !30 November | 1966 | Barbados Independence Act 1966 |
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09-21 !21 September | 1981 | September Celebrations of Belize |
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09-30 !30 September | 1966 | |
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01-01 !1 January | 1984 | |
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10-01 !1 October | 1960 | 16 August 1960, but Cyprus Independence Day is commonly celebrated on 1 October.[1] |
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11-03 !3 November | 1978 | |
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10-10 !10 October | 1970 | |
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02-18 !18 February | 1965 | |
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03-06 !6 March | 1957 | |
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02-07 !7 February | 1974 | |
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05-26 !26 May | 1966 | |
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08-15 !15 August | 1947 | |
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04-24 !24 April (Easter Monday) | 1922 | Proclamation of the Irish Republic commencing the Easter Rising on 24 April 1916 |
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05-14 !14 May | 1948 | 5th of Iyar on the Hebrew calendar. Declaration of Independence |
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08-06 !6 August | 1962 | |
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05-25 !25 May | 1946 | |
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12-12 !12 December | 1963 | |
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06-26 !25 February | 1961 | |
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10-04 !4 October | 1966 | |
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07-06 !6 July | 1964 | |
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08-31 !31 August | 1957 | Hari Merdeka |
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07-26 !26 July | 1965 | |
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09-21 !21 September | 1964 | |
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03-12 !12 March | 1968 | |
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01-04 !4 January | 1948 | |
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04-18 !6 February | 1840 | Celebrated as Waitangi Day. Also see Independence of New Zealand |
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10-01 !1 October | 1960 | |
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08-14 !14 August | 1947 | Yaum e Azadi. Independence from the United Kingdom on 27 Ramadan ul Mubarik, 14 August 1947 |
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04-18 !22 February | 1979 | |
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09-19 !19 September | 1983 | |
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04-18 !27 October | 1979 | |
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06-29 !29 June | 1976 | |
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04-27 !27 April | 1961 | |
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07-07 !7 July | 1978 | |
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12-11 !11 December | 1931 | 1931. Not a public holiday. Union of South Africa formed on 31 May 1910 and Republic of South Africa declared on 31 May 1961 |
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02-04 !4 February | 1948 | February 4, 1948, Sri Lanka had their independence. Nearly 150 years of UK ruling the countries they finally had independence. At the time the country's name was British ceylon. |
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01-01 !1 January | 1956 | |
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09-06 !6 September | 1968 | |
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12-09 !9 December | 1961 | |
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08-31 !31 August | 1962 | |
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04-18 !1 October | 1978 | |
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04-18 !9 October | 1962 | |
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12-02 !2 December | 1971 | National Day (United Arab Emirates) |
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07-04 !4 July | 1776 | Fourth of July. Declaration of Independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1776 |
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07-30 !30 July | 1980 | Independence from United Kingdom and France in 1980 |
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11-30 !30 November | 1967 | South Yemen 1967 |
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10-24 !24 October | 1964 | |
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04-18 !18 April | 1980 |